That ends with them mostly not communicating with me, not with them switching apps.
Nor the inability to add people to groups. sms doesn't have groups; it has pools of numbers. And it works terribly when, eg, one of you is traveling or living outside the US.
You're definitely in a minority. Most people send and receive zero non-MFA related SMS.
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